by Katherine Villyard | Jan 2, 2015 | career
As of yesterday, I’m a Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Security. 😀
by Katherine Villyard | Jan 17, 2014 | career
Every now and then, people ask me for career advice.  Or, you know.  They start complaining about their careers and I annoy them with unsolicited advice.  😉  Either way, my advice for choosing a career comes down to: Things you can do that people will pay you to do...
by Katherine Villyard | Dec 28, 2012 | career
Nice! RT @geekg0dd3ss: Was hired to take care of 9TB+ of SQL Server data and wrote a script that’s in the server image of a major bank. — Microsoft Careers (@MicrosoftJobs) December 29, 2012 And how do I feel about...
by Katherine Villyard | Jun 1, 2012 | career, snark
URGENTLY SEEKING WINDOWS SYSADMIN in Baltimore, MD. Email me your resume. Recruiter@HouseofMadness.com Plz see my profile –Dumb Schlub in U.S. I am very interested in this position! please see my profile! –Dude in the Middle East Please see my profile....
by Katherine Villyard | May 21, 2012 | career
Neil Gaiman did a great commencement address where he talked about careers in the arts. I really related to the bits about how he considered his goal to support himself writing as “the mountain,” and how he took or rejected jobs based on whether they took...
by Katherine Villyard | Apr 21, 2012 | career
I should really call this post, “Everything I ever learned about job hunting I learned from writing,” even though that’s not really true. However, there are, in fact, writing links in here. (I’m a published short fiction author under a...